Post-mold.



D. L. WOODS.

POST MOLD. .APPLICATION FILED APR. Io', I9I2.

, Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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Molds,

PATENT oEErcE.

IDA'ITIID L. WOODS, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

POST-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application med April 1o, 1912-. serial No. 689,805.

To Illia/01977, it may] concern Be it known that I, DAVID L. lvVooDs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, ha-ve invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Post of which the following lis a specification.

My invention relates to cement fence post molds, and has for its object the provision of a device adapted to -mold fence posts in place, so that they do not need handling subsequent to the forming to provide a mold which does not require the withdrawal f removable pins or bolts in order to extricate the molded post.

Another object of my invention is to provide a 'mold which will form a wire fasten- Ling means permanently on the post.

A' further object is to provide a moldof the character described which will be cheap, durable, simple in operation, arid adapted for use by those unskilled in the art of cement molding. Other objects and advantages will be apparent in the .course of the followingdescription.

Figure l is a set up ready for use.

view of the completed wire mesh.

lReferring particularly to the drawings, the numeral A designates my mold as a whole placed upon the groundB, over a hole C, and supported by removable bracesror brackets D.. The mold a is of smaller diperspective view ofmy mold Fig. 2 is a perspective post adapted to hold mensions at the top than at the bottom.

I comprising a l designates the base or back of the mold to which are rigidly connected sides 2, to one of I.which are connected by means of hinges 3, front sections l a d 5. The front. sections arelield in place, ahh the mold pres vented, from expanding by means of clamps,

fixed portion" 6 encircling the body portionvof the mold, and a front portion 7, removably secured to the portion 6 by means of pins .8.

o The sides 2 are provided with alined openings 9, through which are passed short lengths of wire 10, which when the post is molded, are to serve as securing means forthe fencel wire.

The operation of my device is as follows: A hole of suitable size and depthl is dug in 'lO- are placed in the tion of the mold isprocess, and also vwires l0 being Y nature in the the earth at the desired place,- 1s placed over it and held in the proper position by the removable braces as shown. The lower front or cover section 5 is closed and held by the clamps, and the securing wires holes 9, cement is then poured in and tamped until the lower secfilled. The upper door 4 is then closed and clamped, and the filling and tamping continued until the mold is full. After the cement is set, the clamp sec. tions 7 are removed by withdrawing tl e pins 8, the doors at and 5 are opened, andthe mold is removed from the post. It will be observed that the wires l0 run' through the,

post, and the sides 2. These wires are intended to remain permanently in the post. Consequently it will be necessary that the holes 9 be considerably larger than the wires, in order that hen the mold is removed, the embedded in the post will pull out of thcl holes 9 and be-against the sides of the post as shown in Fig. 2. The ends of the wires 10 are then bent into the form of a loop, and the mesh wire .of the fence hooked thereto. wire fences, the wires 10 would be twisted around the line wires.'

lHaving thus described my invention what I claim is z- A fence post mold comprising a back plate, side plates rigidly secured to said back plate and `having holes for the reception of short lengths of wire, a front portion made in two sections each hinged tothe same side plate, clamps encircling said mold, said clamps having fixed U-shaped portions encircling the body portion of the mold and removable U-shaped portions across the front of said mold and extending along the side portions until they connect with said fixed portions, one of said clamps being at the bott'omand one at the top of each of said front sections, said mold having braces 'at its corners to hold it 1n proper position,

and said mold being ofless dimenslons at its top, than at its bottom.

i In testimony whereof I hereto affix my sig.

presence of two witnesses.4

DAVID L. WOODS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of lratents, l Washington, D. C."

Patellted Feb. 15, 1916.

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